SITTING ALONE IN THE DARK WHILE A CAMERA FLASH CATCHES ME UNPREPARED EVERY 15 MINUTES, 2026

Photography series, performance

The project explores the unstable position of the performing woman’s body within structures of visibility, control, and representation. Reconsidered as both an artistic and political instrument, it becomes a contested medium that raises the question of who holds the right to “play” it and under what conditions. Drawing on feminist performance practices, the work examines the tension between using one’s body as a medium and being acted upon through it. Photography and performance are approached as equal indexical media, yet they inevitably diverge: performance exists as an ephemeral action that resists capture, while photography translates it into a static trace. In doing so, the photograph produces a form of visual possession, offering the illusion of control and reinforcing the power dynamics embedded in the gaze and the politics of representation. The project therefore reflects on the unstable passage between lived action and its image: between a body that acts and a body that is turned into a photograph.